Tidy-fastener



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W. W. GOODALE.

TIDY FASTENER. N0. 288,996. I Patented Nov. 27, 1883.

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WILLIAM WARNER GOODALE, OF LO'WELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

Tl DY-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,996, dated November 27, 1883,

Application filed August 24. 1883. (No model.)

To all? whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM WARNER GOODALE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lowell, in the county of Middlese'x and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tidy-Fasten ers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in a bar or rod from which project two or more pointed pins along its length, said pins being pointed at their outer ends for the purpose of easily passing through the tidy and into the furniture upon which the said tidy is placed.

The construction and operation of my invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, of which-- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my tidyfastener detached; and Fig. 2 is a view of the same as it would appear in use with the tidy attached to the back of a chair, the pins inserted into the chair-back being shown in broken lines.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in both views as follows:

B B is the bar. A A AA A are the projecting pins. C is the back of the chair upon which the tidy is placed, and T is the tidy thereon, secured by my improved fastener. The tidy is secured to the furniture by the pins A A AA A passing through the tidy and into the back of the chair, in a manner similar as common tacks might be pushed in.

l The usefulness of my invention is apparent,

and its obvious advantages are in the celerity with which the tidy can be secured and removed, as all the pins are pushed in at once by the connecting-rod B B. The said rod also distributes the strain upon the tidy when it (the tidy) is pulled by the pressure of the body of the person, and firinlyholds it in place. Besides being useful, it may be ornamental, as it can be formed in a variety of designs, so as to have one which suits the character of the tidy which it holds.

In the drawings the bar of my tidy-fastener is represented as made of twisted wire, the pins projecting out therefrom; but I do not confine myself to any particular material or design in making my invention, as it is susceptible of a multitude of designs and still embody substantially the combination of the bar and pins operating as described.

I claim- 1. A tidy-fastener consisting of the bar B B and two or more pins ,A AA A A, operating as described, and for the purpose specified.

2. A tidy-fastener, with the bar B B made of twisted wire, in combination with two or more pins, A A A A A, as described, and for the purpose specified.

NVILLIAM WVARNE-R GOODALE.

Vitnesses:

GEORGE W. COBURN, J. J. JUDKINS. 

